News

Nov 2024

New paper published on how scented dog toys influence dog activity! Research was led and conducted by PhD students, Rituparna Sonowal and Alissa Cisneros. Check out the open access article here! 

April 2024

Dr. Stellato and Emily Webberson spoke about their newly published research in the HAI podcast. Listen below!

https://www.human-animal-interaction.org/podcast/supporting-animals-and-veterans-through-enrichment-an-exploratory-study-on-a-brief-canine-socializing-intervention/ 

Oct 2023

Dr. Stellato was a guest on Human-Animal Interaction APA Division Podcast. Listen below!

https://www.human-animal-interaction.org/podcast/anastasia-stellato/ 

June 2023

We went abroad to South Africa for Study Abroad Course: "Animal Behavior and Veterinary Medicine". 

Few highlights:

- conducated cooperative care training on African savannah elephants

- clicker trained hyenas

- provided enrichment to leopards and cheetahs

- conducted behavioral observations on leopards, hyenas, jaguar, lions, tigers, cheetahs

- performed approach test on many animals including elephants, cheetahs, servils 

Pictured here: Emily Webberson, Anastasia Stellato, Alissa Cisneros, Lindsay Nakonechny 

Sept 2022

- Cisneros, A., Litwin, D., Lee, N., Stellato, C.A. 2022. Unwanted Scratching Behavior in Cats: Influence of Management Strategies and Cat and Owner Characteristics. Animals, 12, 2551.

Aug 2022

We are excited to welcome three new graduate students, Alissa Cisneros (MS), Lindsay Nakonechny (PhD), and Rituparna Sonowal (PhD) to our lab! 

May 2022

New paper published in Animals!

- Carroll, A.D., Cisneros, A., Porter, H., Moody, C., Stellato, A. 2022. Owner Perspectives of Canine Handling Techniques Used in the Veterinary Clinic. Animals, 1684825.

Jan 2022

We are excited to welcome our new graduate student, Emily Webberson, to our lab! She will be completing her Masters research in Animal Science, with a special focus on animal assisted interventions.

Oct 2021

New paper published in Frontiers Veterinary Science!

-  Sarah, T., Jajou, S,. Stellato, A., Niel, L. 2021. Perspectives of Canadian and American cat owners on provision of uncontrolled outdoor access for owned domestic cats. Front. Vet. Sci., 1252.

June 2021

New paper published in Applied Animal Behaviour Science!

-  Stellato, A., Flint, H., Dewey, C., Widowski, T., Niel, L. 2021. Risk-factors associated with veterinary-related fear and fear-based aggression in owned domestic dogs. Appl Anim Behav Sci. 241: 105374. 

 

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